# Accident 20100407033039A: Consolidate LAKE LA-4-2, Moore Haven, FL, April 7, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2010, 12:30 local time
- Place: Moore Haven, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2597° N, 80.8503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2597&lon=-80.8503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4GS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4GS-2010-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200 (registry code 2400108, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONSOLIDATE LAKE LA-4-2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 395 total, 260 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA223) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100407033039A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON APRIL 7, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 LOCAL TIME, N4GS WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE.  ROBERT R ENGLISH, HOLDER OF A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE (3311501) AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE (3311501CFI), CLAIMED TO BE THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE ACCIDENT.  ALSO ONBOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL PILOT AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATES.  ACCORDING TO BOTH INDIVIDUALS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT ACTING AS A REQUIRED CREWMEMBER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT; THEREFORE,  HE HAS BEEN CONSIDERED A PASSENGER FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS INVESTIGATION.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBJECT TO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, BUT BOTH OCCUPANTS STATED THEY EXPERIENCED NO INJURIES.  ACCORDING TO THE OCCUPANTS, THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLOWN EARLIER THAT DAY BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^AND NO ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED.  SIMILARLY, MR. ENGLISH INDICATED THAT HE PERFORMED SEVERAL TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS DURING THE FLIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT AND NOTED NOTHING ABNORMAL.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER A WATER LANDING ONTO THE LAKE.  ACCORDING TO MR. ENGLISH AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED INTO A WATER LOOP UPON TOUCHDOWN.  MR. ENGLISH INDICATED THAT ONCE THE PROCESS OF THE WATER LOOP BEGAN, HE WAS UNABLE TO ARREST ITS PROGRESS.   BOTH INDIVIDUALS INDICATED THAT THE WATER LOOP EVENT SPANNED ONLY A MATTER OF A FEW SECONDS.  THE SUBSTANTIAL TO THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE A RESULT OF THIS WATER LOOP.  THE OCCUPANTS HAVE ATTESTED THAT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED, IT BEGAN A SLOW SINK INTO THE LAKE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS LATER RECOVERED OUT OF THE WATER BY AIR AND SEA RECOVERY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA10CA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA223), Apr 7, 2010: Consolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200 (N4GS), Moore Haven, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a water landing.

## Other reports on N4GS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040116001089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040116001089I), Jan 16, 2004: Conaer LA4200 (N4GS), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On 01/16/04 pilot conducted a landing on rwy 26. After the touchdown the nose gear collapsed. Failed part: part #4-130-17.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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